At the request of, and in deference to, the Quadruple OG that is the incomparable DOI, I switched Qs to today.  I had been scheduled to Q the Thicket on my birthday in early September, and had dreamed up a different workout of sorts.  YHC put out the pre-blast that it could be fun or it could be a shitshow.  Or maybe a fun shitshow.  22 men showed up to judge for themselves.

Warm-Up

• SSH
• Slow Merkins
• Slow Squats

Main Event

Mosey to the gazebo in the field behind Woods Charter School.  The idea for today was to perform a circuit run / obstacle course event all across the school grounds.  We did the first pass at 2/3 speed as a group.  Once we hit the finish point, we partnered up and then performed the circuit again but at full speed.

Diagram of the circuit is below:

Yellow arrows represent run. 

1. Sprint from gazebo to pull-up & dip bars. One man does 5 pull-ups while other does 10 full (all the way down, all the way up) dips.
2. Sprint to southwestern corner. Perform 10 Jump Squats.
3. Sprint towards northwestern corner. At glow stick, drop down and continue movement via Low Crawl to next glow stick.  Up and sprint to next corner.
4. 10 burpees at corner.
5. Partner wheelbarrow towards gazebo; switch at halfway point.
6. Enter gazebo. With feet elevated on bottom bench, plank walk left (clockwise) to end of bench.  Then 10 Derkins.
7. Sprint to back corner of school. 10 Burpees.
8. Sprint to picnic area. 20 Dips.
9. Sprint to basketball court. 10 Burpees.
10. Long jump remainder of sidewalk to playground.
11. Hit the monkey bars and then Crawl Bear up to the bus parking area.
12. Sprint up and around to north side of gazebo. With feet elevated, plank walk right (counter-clockwise) to end of bench.  10 Derkins.
13. Move to buses. Bear Crawl Serpentine down & around three buses.
14. Sprint Yo Ass Off down the street to the split-rail fence.
15. Fence hurdle (hand on top rail and then jump over fence to other side) over six panels. Sprint to soccer field.
16. Crab walk to midfield. 10 Burpees.
17. Sprint to far side of soccer field (finish line).

We were pressed for the time on the second iteration, so we abbreviated the circuit to sprint back to the parking lot after the school bus bear crawl serpentine.

Mary:  None due to time constraints.

Announcements:

• Goat Cheese is looking for volunteers to move a greenhouse at Penny Lane Farm the afternoon of 9/2. Message him via Slack for additional details.
• BC BBQ on 9/8. Sign up via Slack channel #bc-picnic-2018.

COT/BOM:

Germ and I joke about how most of our decisions, particularly those performed in the gloom, are often questionable at best.  I could probably even extend that description to many decisions I’ve made (and will make) outside of the gloom, too.  I think I’ve learned the majority of my valuable lessons the hard way.  Put another way, I’ve managed to (hopefully) improve myself in one way or the other via blood, sweat, tears, grunts, pain, fear, stress, and…obstacles.  The improvement may not have necessarily been the end state in mind when I was making such questionable decisions, but it happened (at least to some degree) nonetheless.  I guess my point is that obstacles can appear to stand in the way of us achieving some desired goal.  Or, they can lay before us to make us better, stronger, wiser, humbler.  I pray we each have the strength and discipline to choose the latter perspective.  And lastly, I hoped you enjoyed today’s obstacle – scratch that – improvement course.  Thank you as always for the opportunity and more importantly for your support.  Until next time – Aye!

Moleskin

YHC is grateful that there were no cameras on the course.  I had the “pleasure” of proofing the course before everyone showed up and had to kill/remove/shoo at least eleventeen spiders.